Luke 15:28-32 ▼

28 And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was pleading him;

29 and he answering said to the father, Behold, so many years I serve you, and never did I transgress your command, and you never gave to me a kid that I might make merry with my friends;

30 but when your son—this one who devoured your living with prostitutes—came, you killed to him the fatted calf.

31 And he said to him, Child, you are always with me, and all my things are yours;

32 but to be merry, and to be glad, it was necessary, because this your brother was dead, and lived again, he was lost, and was found.”